In this section, each item consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are marked as S1 and S6. The four sentences between S1 and S6 have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. This is followed by four options, each suggesting a sequence of sentences. Identify the most appropriate option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
S1: Mass production has increased the tendency to view things as useful rather than delightful.
S6: Indeed a lowering of quality usually results when mass production is substituted for more primitive methods.
P: These various things share nothing with the buttons except money value.
Q: All the rest you wish to exchange for food, shelter, and many other things.
R: Suppose you are a manufacturer of buttons : however excellent your buttons may be, you do not want more than a few for your own use.
S: And it is not even the money value of the buttons that is important to you : what is important is profit which may be increased by lowering their quality.
- APQRS
- BRQPS
- CSPQR
- DQRPS
Explanation
S1 notes mass production values usefulness over delight. R introduces the button manufacturer who needs only a few buttons himself. Q explains he exchanges the rest for food, shelter, and other things. P notes these share nothing with buttons except money value. S observes that what matters is profit, increased by lowering quality, leading into S6: mass production lowers quality. Hence (b) RQPS is correct.